Player Dossier

2022-2025

Tennessee

Star Thomas

RB • 6'0" • 210 lbs • Homer, LA, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Star Thomas leans balanced backfield option traits and 59.3 efficiency.

Usage / Role

46%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

76

High-end production for a back

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

57

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Duke

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Snapshot

Career Teams
3
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
New Mexico State • Duke • Tennessee
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Hawai'i

Player Story

Star Thomas built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a running back from Homer, LA wearing No. 9, spending time with Duke, New Mexico State, and Tennessee. The clearest part of Star Thomas' career was his...

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Star Thomas, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Duke. Star Thomas leans balanced backfield option traits and 59.3 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
3,264
Rushing yards
2,644
Receiving yards
620
Touchdowns
31

Quick Answers

Star Thomas quick answers

Latest team and position
Tennessee · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
3,264
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 7 entries · 53 games
Best season
2024 Regular Season · Duke
Top game
Hawai'i
Latest roster
No. 9 · Senior
2025 Scrimmage yards rank
712 scrimmage yards · RB 130th (top 18%) · SEC 37th (top 11%) · National 256th (top 10%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2022 PostseasonNew Mexico State13664818158.1
2022 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State13609476133758.1
2023 PostseasonNew Mexico State1516106062.8
2023 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State15837643194662.8
2024 Regular SeasonDuke121,024871153876.3
2025 PostseasonTennessee13856718060.9
2025 Regular SeasonTennessee1362752998960.9

Related Context

Star Thomas played RB for New Mexico State, Duke, and Tennessee. Across 4 tracked seasons, Star Thomas recorded 2,644 rushing yards, 620 receiving yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Duke.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season

Duke paired 1,024 primary output with 41.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2022 Postseason role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 47 efficiency.

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Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across New Mexico State, Duke, Tennessee.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Hawai'i

Win with 152 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2022 Postseason · New Mexico State

Games

13

Scrimmage Yards / G

51.9

Efficiency

47

Usage

20.1

Consistency

62.1

Best Game by takeover score

Hawai'i

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Bowling Green: 66. Minnesota: 8. Nevada: 15. UTEP: 97. Wisconsin: 46. Hawai'i: 152. Florida International: 19. New Mexico: 53. Massachusetts: 21. Lamar: 51. Missouri: 35. Liberty: 50. Valparaiso: 62

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Bowling Green: 11 by 58.3. Minnesota: 4 by 22.9. Nevada: 6 by 26.7. UTEP: 13 by 57.8. Wisconsin: 9 by 53.2. Hawai'i: 12 by 100. Florida International: 9 by 22. New Mexico: 14 by 41.7. Massachusetts: 8 by 31.5. Lamar: 6 by 61.7. Missouri: 9 by 40.5. Liberty: 8 by 35.9. Valparaiso: 11 by 58.5

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins65 · Games = 7 · +28.3 vs Losses
Losses36.7 · Games = 6 · -28.3 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

13 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Hawai'i

Best efficiency game

100 vs Hawai'i

Result
Mon 12/26@ Bowling GreenW 24-199485.3002186
Sat 12/3vs ValparaisoW 65-310565.601165.6
Sat 11/26@ LibertyW 49-147111.6001396.3
Sun 11/20@ MissouriL 14-459353.9013.9
Sat 11/12vs LamarW 51-145214.2001308.5
Sat 10/29@ MassachusettsW 23-137233.3001-22.6
Sun 10/16vs New MexicoW 21-913544.2011-13.8
Sun 10/2vs Florida InternationalL 7-219192.1012.1
Sun 9/25vs Hawai'i100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yardsW 45-261114413.1011812.7
Sat 9/17@ WisconsinL 7-669465.1005.1
Sun 9/11@ UTEPL 13-2011474.3002507.5
Fri 9/2@ MinnesotaL 0-38372.300112
Sun 8/28vs NevadaL 12-235132.600122.5

Player Story

Star Thomas story

Star Thomas built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a running back from Homer, LA wearing No. 9, spending time with Duke, New Mexico State, and Tennessee. The clearest part of Star Thomas' career was his backfield work: 2,644 rushing yards, 537 carries, 23 rushing touchdowns, and 620 receiving yards across 53 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2024 with Duke. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 620 receiving yards, 1 tackle, and 47 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 53 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Duke, New Mexico State, and Tennessee.

The arc is straightforward: Star Thomas moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    New Mexico State

    2022-2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Duke

    2024

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    Tennessee

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2022202220232023202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 PostseasonNew Mexico State6754720.1
2022 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State6754720.10
2023 PostseasonNew Mexico State85360.217.8178
2023 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State85360.217.80
2024 Regular SeasonDuke1,02441.638.7171
2025 PostseasonTennessee71259.315-312
2025 Regular SeasonTennessee71259.3150

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Hawai'i

Week 4 · W 45-26

Win with 152 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

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Scrimmage Yards

88.2 takeover

152 scrimmage yards and 22.6 usage.

#2

vs North Carolina

Week 5 · W 21-20 · Conference game

211

Scrimmage Yards

87.4 takeover

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

211 scrimmage yards and 58.2 usage.

#3

vs Western Illinois

Week 1 · W 58-21

128

Scrimmage Yards

86.1 takeover

Win with 128 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

128 scrimmage yards and 25.4 usage.

#4

vs No. 115 Syracuse

Week 1 · W 45-26

99

Scrimmage Yards

82 takeover

Win with 99 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

99 scrimmage yards and 23.2 usage.

#5

@ Louisiana Tech

Week 9 · W 27-24 · Conference game

105

Scrimmage Yards

79 takeover

Win with 105 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

105 scrimmage yards and 24 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Regular Season · Duke

1,024 primary output · 41.6 efficiency · 38.7 usage

76.3

#2

2023 Postseason · New Mexico State

62.8

853 primary · 60.2 efficiency · 17.8 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · New Mexico State

62.8

853 primary · 60.2 efficiency · 17.8 usage

Milestones

4

100+ rush yards

2

150+ scrimmage yards

5

2+ TD games